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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
investigates
subjects
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
online learning are enabling
learners
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
These massive online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online education institutions
are struggling with
today because learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Kazakhstan to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
these
open education
experiments.
Students want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
desideratum for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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