MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
explores
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
online education are empowering
learners
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
These MOOCs are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
French Polynesia to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
desire
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open educational
ventures.
Universities want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education topics.
This dramatic new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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