MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
students
in nations all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning technology institutions
have to consider
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
demand for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This gripping new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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