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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
analyzes
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
elearning have provided the means for
humans
all over the world
to take part in classes online.
These MOOCs are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
e-learning institutions
are dealing with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can we
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Zimbabwe to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
need
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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