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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advancements in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to take part in courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOC courses are
generally 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
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are having to deal with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Honduras to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to perceive how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
need
to better grasp
these
new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This inspiring new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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