MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
investigates
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
gains in
electronic education technology are empowering
people
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
These online MOOCs are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
certify that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
important new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education issues.
This new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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