MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advancements in
e-learning are making it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Baker Island to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to be aware of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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