MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
analyzes
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
online learning are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
e-learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Kuwait to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
important new open education
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This exciting new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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