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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
developments in
e-learning technology make it possible for
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
exciting new open educational
ventures.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
demand for
knowledge
the gripping 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 definitive new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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