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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
researches
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
learning technology are providing the means for
learners
in nations all around the world
to take part in online courses.
These online MOOCs are
normally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
certify that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Burkina Faso to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
ventures.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
need for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
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