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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
elearning make it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
elearning organizations
must deal with
now that elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Syria to conduct these MOOCs?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
need
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
open education
initiatives.
Researchers want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education subjects.
This gripping new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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