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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
explores
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
gains in
distance learning are enabling
learners
in nations all aver the world
to take online classes.
These massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
important new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
desire for
facts
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This amazing new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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