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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
electronic education technology enable
humans
all over the world
to take classes online.
These online MOOCs are
commonly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can learners
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
New Zealand to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
initiatives.
Teachers want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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