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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
electronic education technology have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can we
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Liberia to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
initiatives.
Intellectuals want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This exciting new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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