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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
blended learning technology enable
humans
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because distance learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
desire
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
growing
demand for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This exciting new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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