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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
changes in
elearning technology have enabled
people
in nations all aver the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Samoa to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to perceive how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
need for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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