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 the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
researches
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
online education technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
MOOC courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
distance learning institutions
have to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Guinea-Bissau to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
need
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
ventures.
Teachers want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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