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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
e-learning technology are providing the means for
students
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning organizations
are considering
now that online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can participants
assure that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can participants
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Haiti to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning becomes more
abundant there is a
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
increasing
demand for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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