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 the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
subjects
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
electronic education technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
These MOOCs are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
make sure that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to be aware of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
endeavours.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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