MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that blended learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
French Guiana to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
need for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This sensational new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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