MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
distance learning have empowered
people
all around the world
to take classes online.
Massive open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Panama to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
important new open educational
ventures.
People want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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