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.
Learn more about the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
developments in
distance learning have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
learning technology organizations
have to consider
now that distance learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can organizations
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Mayotte to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
need for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education issues.
This amazing new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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