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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
talks about
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
distance learning technology are enabling
students
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
elearning institutions
are having to deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Germany to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
demand
to perceive how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open education
experiments.
Trainers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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