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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
online education are providing the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take part in online classes.
These massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can we
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Educators want
to perceive how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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