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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
talks about
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
distance learning technology have enabled
people
all around the world
to participate in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning institutions
are struggling with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Madagascar to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
these
intriguing new open education
undertakings.
Everyone wants
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
need for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also deals with 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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