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 the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
evolvements in
elearning technology have made it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
typically free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Yemen to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
want
to better perceive
these
important new open education
experiments.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
need for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This gripping new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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