MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advancements in
distance learning make it possible for
people
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
These MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
demand
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
desideratum for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education topics.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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