MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advancements in
distance learning technology are enabling
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can institutions
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Australia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
important new open education
undertakings.
Students want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
developing
desideratum for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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