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.
Find out more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
evolvements in
distance learning technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in online classes.
MOOCs are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
e-learning organizations
must deal with
now that elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
certify that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Namibia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desire
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
need for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This sensational new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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