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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
evolvements in
digital education technology are enabling
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses online.
These MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
today because distance learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can institutions
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Researchers want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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