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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
technology-enhanced learning have enabled
people
in nations all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOC classes are
typically free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online learning institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can institutions
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
necessity
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
increasing
need for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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