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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
evolvements in
elearning technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
American College of Education to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
these
open education
experiments.
Trainers want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
demand for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This intriguing new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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