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 this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
online learning have made it possible for
learners
in nations all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
elearning organizations
are having to attend to
today because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
demand for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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