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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
technology-enhanced learning have enabled
people
all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
blended learning institutions
have to deal with
more than ever because distance learning technology is
developing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
be assured that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Canada to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
demand for
facts
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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