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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
digital education technology are making it possible for
students
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
distance learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
certify that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can students
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Gambia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
need for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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