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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
distance learning enable
students
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Ghana to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
need for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This thrilling new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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