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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
talks about
subjects
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
changes in
distance learning technology have empowered
students
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Tristan da Cunha to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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