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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advancements in
online education technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
ventures.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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