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.
Learn more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advances in
learning technology make it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
These MOOC courses are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
learning technology organizations
are dealing with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Ashmore and Cartier Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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