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 this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
evolvements in
learning technology have empowered
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massive open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
elearning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Kiribati to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This stimulating new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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