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.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
evolvements in
elearning are enabling
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
learning technology institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can participants
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Lebanon to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
necessity
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Academics want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This gripping new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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