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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
talks about
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
technology-enhanced learning are empowering
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
typically free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
e-learning organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can institutions
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Cameroon to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
desideratum for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This thrilling new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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