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 this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
distance learning technology enable
humans
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
These MOOC courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
now that distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
need
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
ventures.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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