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 the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advancements in
technology-enhanced learning are enabling
people
all over the world
to take courses online.
These online MOOCs are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Dominican Republic to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
need
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
endeavours.
Public servants want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
need for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This inspiring new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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