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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
changes in
e-learning are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
ensure that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can learners
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Djibouti to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
available there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also investigates 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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