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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
changes in
online learning technology are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
These massive online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are many
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can organizations
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Cuba to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
necessity
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
want
to better perceive
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
demand for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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