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 the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
e-learning are enabling
learners
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
These online MOOCs are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education institutions
are struggling with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Lebanon to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
necessity
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
demand for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education issues.
This inspiring new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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