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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
e-learning are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education institutions
must deal with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Vanuatu to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to perceive how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Scholars want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
demand for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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