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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
e-learning technology enable
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can students
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Academics want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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