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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
distance learning have made it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOC courses are
typically free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Teachers want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
demand for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This dramatic new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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