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.
Find out more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
reviews
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
humans
in nations all around the world
to take online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Philippines to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
endeavours.
Academics want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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