MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advancements in
distance learning technology enable
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online classes.
These MOOC courses are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
New Caledonia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
desideratum for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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