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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
e-learning enable
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Slovenia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
initiatives.
Students want
to perceive how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
desideratum for
knowledge
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This authoritative new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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