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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
describes
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
distance learning technology make it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take online classes.
These massive open courses are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can learners
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
People want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
details
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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