MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
explores
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
learning technology are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a variety of
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
must deal with
now that online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Antigua and Barbuda to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
widespread there is a
necessity
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational topics.
This sensational new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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