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 Around the World is a
book
that
studies
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
online learning technology are making it possible for
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
distance learning institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Tanzania to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
these
interesting new open education
initiatives.
Academics want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
expanding
demand for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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