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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
articulates
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
e-learning have empowered
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can organizations
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Central African Republic to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
these
important new open education
initiatives.
Universities want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
need for
knowledge
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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