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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
evolvements in
elearning technology are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning institutions
must deal with
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can learners
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
People want
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
need for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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