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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
analyzes
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
elearning technology have empowered
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes online.
These massive open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
e-learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can institutions
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Lesotho to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This exciting new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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