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.
Learn more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
distance learning enable
humans
all over the world
to take online classes.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are struggling with
more than ever because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can learners
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Nepal to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education issues.
This scholarly new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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