MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
talks about
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
online learning technology are enabling
learners
all over the world
to take part in online classes.
These massive open courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Sierra Leone to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
desire for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This sensational new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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