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.
Learn more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
analyzes
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
make sure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can institutions
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Swaziland to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desire
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to comprehend how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This sensational new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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