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 the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
developments in
learning technology have made it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOCs are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning organizations
have to consider
today because online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
these
open educational
ventures.
Instructors want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This inspiring new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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