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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
gains in
online education have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take online classes.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
distance learning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Kyrgyzstan to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This inspiring new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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