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 the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
online learning have enabled
people
all around the world
to participate in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
ensure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Thailand to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
need for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This intriguing new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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