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 the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
distance learning technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Laos to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
open educational
initiatives.
Trainers want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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