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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
studies
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
online learning are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
e-learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can learners
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Djibouti to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Educators want
to perceive how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This dramatic new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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