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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
online education technology are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
normally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Oman to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
initiatives.
Corporations want
to perceive how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education issues.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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