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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
e-learning are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are many
subjects that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
today because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
certify that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
South Africa to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
new open education
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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