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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
online learning technology are enabling
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
e-learning institutions
have to deal with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can students
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Mt. San Jacinto College to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
need
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This authoritative new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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