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 this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
explores
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
changes in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
These online MOOCs are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are dealing with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
assure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can participants
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Public servants want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education topics.
This inspiring new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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