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 the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
distance learning have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to take online courses.
These MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online learning institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Kenya to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
need
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Everyone wants
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
desideratum for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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