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 this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
e-learning make it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in online classes.
These massively open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
must deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can institutions
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Brazil to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
necessity
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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