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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
electronic education technology have made it possible for
learners
all over the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can learners
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Germany to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
People want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
need for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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