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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Modern
evolvements in
e-learning technology are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOCs are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
distance learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can we
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
French Guiana to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
People want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
desire for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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