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 this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
describes
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are struggling with
now that distance learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can organizations
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Ghana to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desideratum
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
initiatives.
Trainers want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
need for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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