MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
learning technology are making it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
distance learning organizations
must deal with
now that elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can learners
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
new open educational
ventures.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources.
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