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 this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
changes in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
certify that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can learners
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
necessity
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to comprehend how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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