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.
Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can participants
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Washington to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
developing
desire for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This exciting new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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