MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
elearning technology are enabling
learners
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOC classes are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning technology institutions
have to consider
now that online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
ensure that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can participants
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
necessity
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This exciting new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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