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 this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
e-learning technology have enabled
learners
all around the world
to take online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOCs are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can institutions
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Australia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This sensational new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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