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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
researches
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
e-learning technology have enabled
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Ecotech Institute to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
need for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This sensational new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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