MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
distance learning technology enable
humans
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online education organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Maldives to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
demand
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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