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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
distance learning technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can students
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Renton Technical College to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to be aware of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Corporations want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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