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
that
studies
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
learning technology are empowering
learners
in every nation on earth
to take part in online classes.
These massively open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Guam to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
desideratum for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This sensational new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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