MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
developments in
online education technology are enabling
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
certify that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can stakeholders
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
desideratum for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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