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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
online education technology are providing the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning technology institutions
must deal with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Montserrat to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open education
experiments.
People want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
expanding
need for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This inspiring new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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