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 the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
distance learning technology have enabled
people
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
assure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can participants
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Ecuador to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
ventures.
Educators want
to comprehend how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
need for
information
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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