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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
online learning technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Venezuela to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational topics.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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