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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
improvements in
e-learning technology are providing the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOC courses are
free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Saint Lucia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Educators want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This intriguing new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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