MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
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 Around the World is a
edited collection
that
studies
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
elearning have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are having to deal with
today because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
certify that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
United States to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
desire for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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