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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
normally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning organizations
are struggling with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can participants
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
demand
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
new open educational
undertakings.
Public servants want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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