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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
distance learning technology are enabling
humans
all over the world
to be participants in 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 courses are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can institutions
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Belize to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
intriguing new open education
endeavours.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
need for
facts
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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