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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
French Guiana to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
need
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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