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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
explores
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
online education are making it possible for
humans
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Nigeria to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Academics want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This thrilling new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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