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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
distance learning technology have empowered
humans
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive online courses are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
e-learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can organizations
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Andorra to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
these
open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
demand for
facts
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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