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.
Find out more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
researches
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning technology organizations
have to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can we
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Somaliland to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
demand
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Everyone wants
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
need for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This authoritative new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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