MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
describes
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
online education technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are several
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to consider
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Angola to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can teachers
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desire
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
In response to this
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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