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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
online education technology are enabling
students
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
These massive open courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Queen Maud Land to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
these
new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
demand for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This dramatic new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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