MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Modern
advances in
online education technology have enabled
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are dealing with
today because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can participants
be assured that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience.
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Saint Helena to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Everyone wants
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education issues.
This new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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