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.
Learn more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
developments in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Nepal to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Students want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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