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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
e-learning technology make it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning organizations
are struggling with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
ensure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can students
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Norway to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
necessity
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
ventures.
Universities want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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