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 this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
learning technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
learning technology organizations
must deal with
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
certify that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Jamaica to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
need for
details
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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