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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
researches
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
elearning technology have made it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning organizations
must deal with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
assure that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Cook Islands to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
necessity
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
need for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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