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 the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
explores
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
developments in
electronic educational technology make it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
assure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Turkey to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desire
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education topics.
This new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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