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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
distance learning enable
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
elearning technology institutions
have to deal with
more than ever because blended learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
certify that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
these
open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
need for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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