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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
explores
subjects
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
developments in
elearning technology are enabling
learners
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology organizations
are struggling with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Swaziland to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Teachers want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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