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 this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to comprehend how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Trainers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
need for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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