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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
explores
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
distance learning technology are empowering
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online learning institutions
have to consider
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
ventures.
Public servants want
to perceive how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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