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.
Learn more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
talks about
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advances in
online learning are enabling
learners
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
learning technology institutions
have to consider
now that learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Vatican City to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
developing
desideratum for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education subjects.
This amazing new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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