MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
elearning have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Guam to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
new open educational
undertakings.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
need for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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