MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
describes
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advances in
online learning have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
desire
to understand
these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Everyone wants
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
desire for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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