MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
explores
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
online education technology have made it possible for
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
distance learning institutions
are struggling with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Saint Kitts and Nevis to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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