MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
developments in
online learning technology have empowered
students
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massive open online courses are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
elearning organizations
are struggling with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can organizations
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Belize to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
developing
desire for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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