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 this exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
online education have provided the means for
students
all around the world
to participate in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
distance learning organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can learners
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Venezuela to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Professors want
to know how
MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
need for
knowledge
the inspiring 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 intriguing new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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