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 this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
analyzes
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Modern
changes in
blended learning technology are enabling
students
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning institutions
are struggling with
now that online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Kenya to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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