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 this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
topics
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
online learning have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Angola to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
these
compelling new open education
ventures.
Corporations want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
desire for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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