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.
Find out more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
learners
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are considering
today because distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Qatar to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desire
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Students want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
demand for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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