MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
talks about
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
humans
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
assure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
these
exciting new open education
undertakings.
Universities want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
desire for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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