MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
explores
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
distance learning technology are enabling
humans
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massively open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
San Marino to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education issues.
This book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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