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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
explores
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
humans
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that distance learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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