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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
evolvements in
distance learning technology are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online learning institutions
are having to deal with
today because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
endeavours.
Scholars want
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
need for
data
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
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