MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
talks about
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
digital education technology are enabling
learners
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
elearning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Georgia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Academics want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
need for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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