MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
online learning are making it possible for
humans
in nations all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
expanding
need for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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