MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
analyzes
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
e-learning have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
new open educational
initiatives.
People want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
need for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education issues.
This new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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