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.
Find out more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
developments in
distance learning technology enable
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning organizations
are considering
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
undertakings.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
need for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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