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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
demand
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
ventures.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This amazing new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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