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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
distance learning technology enable
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online education organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Russia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desire
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
desire for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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