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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
researches
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advances in
distance learning technology are empowering
learners
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
MOOCs are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online education institutions
are dealing with
today because distance learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can students
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC classes?
How can educators
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Everybody wants
to know how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This definitive new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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