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 this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
developments in
online learning are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to consider
today because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
American Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This intriguing new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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