MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
blended learning are enabling
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
These MOOCs are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
distance learning organizations
must deal with
today because distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can students
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Japan to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
demand
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
these
important new open educational
ventures.
Public servants want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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