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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
online learning technology have enabled
people
all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
get a handle on
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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