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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
learning technology enable
learners
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
distance learning organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
ensure that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of South Florida to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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