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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
evolvements in
online education have empowered
learners
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
These MOOC courses are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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