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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
describes
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are many
issues that
learning technology institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Tristan da Cunha to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
need
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
want
to better comprehend
these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
developing
demand for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This gripping new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and OERS.
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