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 the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
studies
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
online learning are providing the means for
humans
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These online MOOC courses are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
elearning technology institutions
are dealing with
now that elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Kyrgyzstan to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
desideratum
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Public servants want
to know how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
demand for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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