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.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
evolvements in
blended learning technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
commonly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
e-learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Egypt to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
get a handle on
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
available there is a
growing
necessity
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
desire for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This scholarly new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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