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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
describes
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
advances in
distance learning are enabling
people
all over the world
to take part in online courses.
MOOCs are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
elearning technology organizations
have to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Guadeloupe to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
available there is a
need
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This dramatic new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
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