MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
studies
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are numerous
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Gambia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
new open education
endeavours.
Universities want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
demand for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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