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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
distance learning technology are empowering
learners
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
normally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can learners
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Burkina Faso to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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