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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
investigates
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
online learning have empowered
humans
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
These massive open courses are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
elearning organizations
have to deal with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
available there is a
growing
necessity
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This exciting new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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