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 this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
blended learning technology have enabled
learners
all over the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
commonly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
have to deal with
today because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Senegal to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
need
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
these
compelling new open educational
endeavours.
Academics want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
desideratum for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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