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 this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
reviews
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
e-learning are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These online MOOCs are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
distance learning organizations
are dealing with
now that learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
ensure that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can we
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Argentina to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Everyone wants
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
desideratum for
information
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This stimulating new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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