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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
online learning technology are providing the means for
students
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massive open courses are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
assure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Russia to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
open education
endeavours.
Students want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
need for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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