MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
researches
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
gains in
online education technology are enabling
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
elearning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can learners
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
NovoEd to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
open education
undertakings.
Everybody wants
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
demand for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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