MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
elearning have enabled
students
all over the world
to take courses online.
These MOOCs are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can participants
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
demand
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Scholars want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
need for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational topics.
This new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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