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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advancements in
online education have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning organizations
must deal with
today because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can institutions
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This scholarly new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and OERS.
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