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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
distance learning have empowered
learners
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
must deal with
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Morocco to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This amazing new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
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