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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
distance learning enable
people
all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education organizations
are having to consider
more than ever because distance learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can learners
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This sensational new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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