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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
e-learning have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to take online classes.
These massive open courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
now that distance learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Kenya to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Corporations want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
need for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This sensational new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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