MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
e-learning technology have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can learners
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
El Salvador to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
ventures.
Students want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This sensational new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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