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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
online education technology have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can learners
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Saint Helena to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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