MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
improvements in
distance learning technology enable
learners
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can participants
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Everyone wants
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
desideratum for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This amazing new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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