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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
developments in
distance learning technology enable
humans
all over the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
ventures.
Scientists want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This interesting new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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