MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
describes
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
distance learning have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can organizations
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
get a handle on
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As elearning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This dramatic new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
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