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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
electronic education technology are empowering
people
all over the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
today because distance learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can participants
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Brown University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Researchers want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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