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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
technology-enhanced learning are enabling
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences.
These MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
elearning technology institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Svalbard to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
undertakings.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues.
This gripping new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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