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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
online learning make it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
These MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to perceive how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
these
fascinating new open educational
initiatives.
Trainers want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and OERS.
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