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 the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
evolvements in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Papua New Guinea to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
developing
desideratum for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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