MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
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 Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
online learning technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
now that online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can organizations
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Ireland to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This stimulating new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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