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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
online education are enabling
people
all around the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
MOOC courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that distance learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can participants
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Niue to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to comprehend how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This dramatic new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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