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 this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
researches
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
distance learning have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning technology organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Benin to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
need
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
desire for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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