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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
online education are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
must deal with
today because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can participants
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This exciting new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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