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.
Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
describes
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
elearning technology have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
e-learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
certify that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
need
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
desire for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This exciting new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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