MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
elearning have empowered
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
blended learning organizations
are dealing with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
assure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can organizations
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Tunisia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
important new open education
initiatives.
Everyone wants
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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