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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
topics
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
distance learning have provided the means for
learners
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to consider
today because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Switzerland to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
need for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This definitive new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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