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 the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
talks about
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
online education are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can students
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education issues.
This dramatic new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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