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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
learning technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
now that distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
assure that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
NovoEd to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
ventures.
Scientists want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
desideratum for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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