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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
investigates
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advancements in
online education are making it possible for
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
e-learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so quickly.
How can we
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to be aware of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
initiatives.
Academics want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
need for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This gripping new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
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