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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
online education technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to consider
now that elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can learners
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Zimbabwe to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
need
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open educational
ventures.
Scientists want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
growing
demand for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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