MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
elearning are making it possible for
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning organizations
are dealing with
today because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Georgetown University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
necessity
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
need for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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