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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
online education have empowered
students
all around the world
to take online courses.
These massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
now that online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Mongolia to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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