MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
describes
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
distance learning technology have empowered
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in online classes.
Massive open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
now that learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Sierra Leone to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
ventures.
Researchers want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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