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 this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
learning technology enable
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open education
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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