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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advancements in
learning technology have empowered
people
all around the world
to take part in online classes.
MOOC courses are
typically free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
e-learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can we
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Kirkwood Community College to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
open education
ventures.
Academics want
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
need for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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