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 the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
investigates
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
e-learning technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can institutions
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
MenaVersity to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
desideratum
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
ventures.
Professors want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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