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.
Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
people
all over the world
to take online courses.
MOOC classes are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can institutions
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Vatican City to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
need
to better grasp
these
interesting new open education
undertakings.
Instructors want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
developing
need for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This gripping new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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