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 the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
talks about
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
distance learning technology are enabling
learners
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
elearning institutions
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Mexico to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects.
This thrilling new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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