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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
evolvements in
elearning enable
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
have to deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
be assured that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
new open educational
endeavours.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
demand for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education topics.
This definitive new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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