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 the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
explores
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
blended learning technology have enabled
people
all over the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to consider
now that elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can participants
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Costa Rica to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
initiatives.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
need for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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