MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
investigates
issues
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
e-learning technology enable
learners
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can learners
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
United States to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
desideratum for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This interesting new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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