MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
topics
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
distance learning make it possible for
students
all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to consider
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Australia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
People want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This amazing new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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