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 the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
blended learning have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to participate in online courses.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can stakeholders
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Saudi Arabia to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Teachers want
to comprehend how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational issues.
This intriguing new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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