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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
learning technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes online.
These massively open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can organizations
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Australia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
demand for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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