MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
developments in
online education are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
now that distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Somaliland to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desire
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Researchers want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This thrilling new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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