MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
reviews
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
learning technology are empowering
people
all over the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
e-learning institutions
must deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Belize to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
endeavours.
Teachers want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
desire for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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