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.
Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
evolvements in
e-learning have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
e-learning institutions
must deal with
today because online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Niger to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
important new open educational
ventures.
Intellectuals want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
desire for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education topics.
This dramatic new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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