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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning institutions
are considering
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
be assured that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Guatemala to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
desire for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This stimulating new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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