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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
elearning technology are providing the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massive open online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
today because blended learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can organizations
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Niger to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
intriguing new open educational
undertakings.
Academics want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
desire for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational topics.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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