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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
talks about
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
e-learning have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
Massive open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online learning institutions
are struggling with
today because distance learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Lebanon to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
new open education
endeavours.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
information
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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