MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
technology-enhanced learning make it possible for
people
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
These MOOCs are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are having to attend to
now that online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can learners
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Nicaragua to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
desideratum for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource topics.
This new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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