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.
Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
learning technology make it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
usually free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Professors want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
desire for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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