MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
distance learning have enabled
people
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
ensure that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Saint Kitts and Nevis to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
undertakings.
Intellectuals want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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