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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
advances in
elearning technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
make sure that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can organizations
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Benin to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
necessity
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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