MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
distance learning technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
ensure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can students
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
open educational
ventures.
Corporations want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
desire for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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