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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
e-learning technology are making it possible for
people
all over the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
learning technology organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
certify that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Somalia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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