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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
developments in
blended learning have enabled
humans
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These MOOC courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to consider
now that distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
El Salvador to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
need for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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