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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
gains in
e-learning technology have empowered
students
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
distance learning organizations
are dealing with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can learners
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
need
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
endeavours.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This inspiring new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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