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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
distance learning technology enable
people
all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
elearning organizations
are considering
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can institutions
assure that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can learners
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Columbia University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
these
open education
ventures.
Teachers want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
demand for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education subjects.
This amazing new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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