MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
e-learning technology are enabling
learners
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning institutions
are dealing with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can students
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Senegal to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Everyone wants
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education subjects.
This scholarly new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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