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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
developments in
distance learning are providing the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take online classes.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Namibia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to know how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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