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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
e-learning technology are making it possible for
people
all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because distance learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Cyprus to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
necessity
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
need for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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