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.
Find out more about this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
elearning technology are providing the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
These massively open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
distance learning organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Vanuatu to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
ventures.
Trainers want
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
need for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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