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
book
that
analyzes
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
online learning have provided the means for
humans
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Benin to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
necessity
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
endeavours.
Academics want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
need for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This amazing new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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