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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for
students
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can organizations
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
France to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
open educational
initiatives.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
need for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This sensational new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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