MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
distance learning technology are enabling
learners
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online learning organizations
are struggling with
now that learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Faroe Islands to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
get a handle on
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
need
to better grasp
these
exciting new open educational
ventures.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This exciting new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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