MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
describes
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
distance learning technology have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
MOOC courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
subjects that
elearning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can institutions
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Isle of Man to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
need for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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