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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
distance learning technology are empowering
humans
all over the world
to take part in online classes.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can learners
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
University of New Mexico to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to comprehend how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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