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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
advances in
elearning technology are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
are struggling with
today because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
certify that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can students
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Northern Cyprus to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
need
to perceive how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better perceive
these
important new open education
endeavours.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational topics.
This interesting new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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