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 this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
talks about
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
gains in
technology-enhanced learning are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive online courses are
normally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online education institutions
must deal with
more than ever because learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Marshall Islands to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desire
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
significant new open education
experiments.
People want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This sensational new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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