MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
distance learning technology have enabled
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOC classes are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences.
There are several
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can organizations
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Johnston Atoll to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Researchers want
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
demand for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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