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
book
which
deals with
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
online learning have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
MOOC courses are
free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
learning technology organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Guyana to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
demand for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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