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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
e-learning are empowering
people
all over the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
blended learning organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can participants
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can learners
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Malawi to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
important new open education
initiatives.
Trainers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This book
also examines the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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