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.
Find out more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
people
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
distance learning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Peru to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
necessity
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Universities want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This definitive new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and OERS.
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