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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
elearning are making it possible for
students
all over the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a variety of
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can learners
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Zambia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
desideratum
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Universities want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
facts
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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