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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
e-learning technology are providing the means for
humans
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
blended learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because blended learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can organizations
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coral Sea Islands to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
these
open education
initiatives.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
desire for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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