MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
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
edited collection
that
analyzes
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
developments in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to take part in classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are having to consider
today because online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Sudan to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
demand for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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