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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education institutions
are considering
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Germany to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Universities want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
demand for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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