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 this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
elearning are making it possible for
humans
in nations all around the world
to participate in classes online.
These MOOCs are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desire
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open educational
ventures.
Professors want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also addresses the
most important 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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