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 this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
issues
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
e-learning technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
distance learning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Ghana to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desire
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
demand for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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