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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
changes in
distance learning technology are empowering
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in online classes.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to deal with
now that distance learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can organizations
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
demand for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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