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 the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
researches
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
distance learning technology enable
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
Massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
distance learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can institutions
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Rutgers University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
demand for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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