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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advancements in
distance learning technology enable
people
all over the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can learners
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Germany to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
available there is a
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This interesting new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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