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.
Learn more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
distance learning have enabled
students
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
distance learning institutions
have to deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
certify that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can institutions
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Gabon to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open education
initiatives.
Professors want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues.
This thrilling new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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