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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
distance learning technology are empowering
people
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
These massively open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Zimbabwe to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
abundant there is a
desire
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
ventures.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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