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 the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
evolvements in
e-learning technology enable
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
These massively open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
elearning institutions
are having to attend to
now that e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Saudi Arabia to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
need
to better perceive
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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