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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
evolvements in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
people
all over the world
to take courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning organizations
are dealing with
today because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can learners
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Israel to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
desideratum
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open education
ventures.
Lecturers want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
desideratum for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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