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 the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
investigates
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
elearning have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning institutions
are dealing with
today because distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can participants
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Cameroon to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
get a handle on
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Educators want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
need for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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