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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
describes
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
distance learning technology make it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can we
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
United States to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Universities want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
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