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 the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
investigates
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
humans
all around the world
to take online classes.
MOOC classes are
typically free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology organizations
must deal with
today because distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can learners
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This gripping new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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