MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
topics
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
online education technology enable
people
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
Massive open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can stakeholders
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Trainers want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education topics.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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