MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
gains in
blended learning technology have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These MOOCs are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can participants
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Algeria to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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