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.
Learn more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
gains in
elearning have enabled
students
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
MOOC courses are
commonly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online learning organizations
have to struggle with
today because online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
San Diego County Office of Education to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to know how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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