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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
reviews
topics
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
These massive open courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online education organizations
are having to deal with
now that online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Tokelau to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As e-learning becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource topics.
This new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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