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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
distance learning have made it possible for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can participants
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Netherlands Antilles to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
desideratum for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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