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.
Find out more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
investigates
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
learners
in nations all aver the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
today because learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Greece to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
demand
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
ventures.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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