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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
learning technology enable
learners
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
elearning institutions
are having to attend to
today because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can students
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education issues.
This authoritative new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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