MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
online learning technology have provided the means for
students
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
blended learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can institutions
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
demand
to be aware of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to perceive how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
need for
information
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This interesting new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
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