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 this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
evolvements in
online education enable
humans
all around the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOC classes are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are many
topics that
distance learning institutions
are having to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can participants
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Niue to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
desideratum for
information
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This inspiring new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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