MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
analyzes
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advancements in
online education are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are having to consider
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
important new open education
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
need for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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