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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
improvements in
online learning have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
These massive open courses are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
today because distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
necessity
to be aware of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
ventures.
Researchers want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
desire for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This gripping new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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