MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
distance learning have empowered
humans
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
MOOC courses are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can participants
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Latvia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Scholars want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
need for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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