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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
describes
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
evolvements in
blended learning are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses online.
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.
These MOOC classes are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Sierra Leone to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
developing
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
facts
the dramatic 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 definitive new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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