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.
Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
distance learning technology enable
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massive open courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can institutions
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Tunisia to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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