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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
subjects
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online learning institutions
must deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can we
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Faroe Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
would like
to understand
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
demand for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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