MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
subjects
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advances in
distance learning have enabled
learners
in nations all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
elearning organizations
have to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can learners
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
necessity
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
ventures.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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