MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
learners
all over the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to consider
now that online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can we
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Albania to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
endeavours.
People want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
need for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This sensational new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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