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 this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
distance learning technology are enabling
humans
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning institutions
are having to struggle with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can institutions
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Teachers want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
demand for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This sensational new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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