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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
studies
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
distance learning are enabling
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
topics that
distance learning organizations
are having to deal with
now that elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can institutions
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Cape Verde to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
get a handle on
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desire
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
these
intriguing new open education
initiatives.
Everyone wants
to know how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
need for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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