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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to take part in classes online.
MOOC classes are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
elearning technology organizations
must deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Tanzania to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
demand for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This stimulating new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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