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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
subjects
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
distance learning technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOCs are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
elearning technology institutions
are having to deal with
now that learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can students
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Saint Barthelemy to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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