MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
online learning technology have provided the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Togo to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
undertakings.
Students want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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