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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
advancements in
distance learning have empowered
learners
all around the world
to take online classes.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education organizations
have to consider
today because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Educators want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education subjects.
This gripping new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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