MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
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 Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
distance learning technology have enabled
humans
all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology institutions
have to deal with
now that distance learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Argentina to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As online education becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
need
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
endeavours.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This interesting new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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