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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
describes
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
evolvements in
electronic education technology have enabled
people
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning institutions
are dealing with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Berklee College of Music to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desire
to be aware of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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