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.
Find out more about this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
evolvements in
elearning have empowered
people
all around the world
to take courses online.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
have to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can organizations
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Angola to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
exciting new open educational
ventures.
Instructors want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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