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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
elearning technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
distance learning organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
certify that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can participants
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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