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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
explores
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
learning technology are enabling
humans
all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to deal with
now that learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can organizations
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Mozambique to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to perceive how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to perceive how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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