MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
learners
all around the world
to take classes online.
MOOC courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
necessity
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This new book
also discusses 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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