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.
Find out more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
learners
in nations all aver the world
to take part in online courses.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These MOOC courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
now that distance learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
assure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Venezuela to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
these
important new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
need for
facts
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This sensational new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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