MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
distance learning technology are empowering
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in online classes.
MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
guarantee that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can students
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Jamaica to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
initiatives.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This interesting new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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