MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
subjects
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advances in
learning technology are empowering
students
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
These MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
elearning institutions
are having to struggle with
more than ever because distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
ensure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Belgium to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
available there is a
desire
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
desire
to better perceive
these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Educators want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This gripping new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
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