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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
distance learning are empowering
humans
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are struggling with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
developing so quickly.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Tristan da Cunha to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to be aware of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
want
to better grasp
these
open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
desire for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This sensational new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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