MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
online education are empowering
people
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
learning technology institutions
are dealing with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
necessity
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open educational
ventures.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
demand for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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