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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
analyzes
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
elearning technology make it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
These massively open online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education institutions
have to deal with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Gabon to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
desideratum
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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