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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
explores
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
learning technology have provided the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
learning technology organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Fiji to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to comprehend how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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