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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
elearning are enabling
people
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can students
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Israel to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to comprehend how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
demand for
knowledge
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This gripping new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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