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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
electronic educational technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
These online MOOCs are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning institutions
are dealing with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Israel to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desire
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Trainers want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
need for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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