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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
evolvements in
electronic educational technology enable
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These MOOC classes are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online learning organizations
have to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can institutions
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Saint Martin to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to be aware of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
want
to better comprehend
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To meet this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This inspiring new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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