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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
online education have empowered
students
in nations all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better grasp
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
desire for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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