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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
analyzes
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
distance learning have made it possible for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Students want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This dramatic new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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