MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
e-learning have provided the means for
humans
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a variety of
subjects that
elearning institutions
must deal with
now that distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can learners
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Niger to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
need
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
ventures.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This definitive new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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