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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
online learning technology have provided the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Facebook to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
endeavours.
Students want
to comprehend how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
demand for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
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