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 the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
investigates
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
online education technology have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
blended learning organizations
are dealing with
now that distance learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can institutions
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Thailand to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
initiatives.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This interesting new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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