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.
Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
studies
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
distance learning technology enable
learners
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can we
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
United States to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
necessity
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Corporations want
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
need for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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