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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
reviews
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
online learning are providing the means for
learners
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can institutions
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Scholars want
to know how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
desire for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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