MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to consider
today because learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can learners
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Christmas Island to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
significant new open education
ventures.
Professors want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
details
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This amazing new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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