MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
explores
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
evolvements in
distance learning are making it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
e-learning organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Mali to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
necessity
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open education
endeavours.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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