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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advances in
elearning have empowered
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning technology institutions
have to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
demand
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Lecturers want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This inspiring new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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