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 the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
describes
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
normally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning technology institutions
have to deal with
today because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Tunisia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
compelling new open educational
ventures.
Academics want
to comprehend how
MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational issues.
This new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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