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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
learning technology make it possible for
people
all over the world
to take courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can institutions
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Vietnam to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Everyone wants
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
need for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This exciting new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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