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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
distance learning are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to take classes online.
These online MOOCs are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
today because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can participants
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Kuwait to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
necessity
to perceive how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
these
exciting new open educational
ventures.
Corporations want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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