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.
Find out more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
describes
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
blended learning technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
distance learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Cook Islands to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This sensational new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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