MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advancements in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can learners
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
People want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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