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.
Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
electronic education technology have empowered
people
in nations all aver the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These MOOC classes are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
now that distance learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can organizations
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Malawi to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning becomes more
widespread there is a
need
to perceive how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
need for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources.
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