MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
e-learning technology make it possible for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to consider
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can organizations
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Venezuela to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
demand for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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