MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
e-learning are enabling
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can learners
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This intriguing new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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