MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
evolvements in
elearning are empowering
people
all over the world
to take online classes.
These online MOOCs are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
now that online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
guarantee that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can institutions
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Egypt to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Universities want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
need for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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