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 the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
analyzes
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
distance learning have provided the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
elearning technology organizations
are having to consider
now that online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of South Florida to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to perceive how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This gripping new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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