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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
analyzes
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
elearning technology have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning institutions
are struggling with
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Saint Barthelemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
need
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
demand for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources.
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