MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
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
book
that
discusses
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to take online classes.
These MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
New Zealand to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational issues.
This gripping new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources.
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