MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
describes
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
e-learning have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
These online MOOCs are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Syria to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
growing
need for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This book
also examines the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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