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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
articulates
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
changes in
online education technology are enabling
learners
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
MOOC courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
more than ever because online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can students
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Jamaica to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
manage
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
need for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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