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 the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
explores
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
elearning technology are making it possible for
people
all over the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
elearning organizations
have to consider
today because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Uganda to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
endeavours.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This inspiring new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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