MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
changes in
distance learning have enabled
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
distance learning institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can learners
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
South Africa to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Students want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
desideratum for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This dramatic new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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