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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
e-learning are enabling
students
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
usually free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
elearning organizations
have to deal with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can we
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Students want
to know how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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