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 this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massive open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can participants
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Guatemala to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Trainers want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
need for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This sensational new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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