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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
gains in
e-learning technology are enabling
learners
all around the world
to take online classes.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning institutions
are struggling with
today because distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This exciting new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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