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.
Learn more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
learning technology are making it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take online classes.
MOOCs are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Sri Lanka to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
important new open education
undertakings.
Scholars want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This dramatic new book
also talks about 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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