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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
topics
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
developments in
distance learning technology have enabled
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Davidson College to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
important new open education
ventures.
Intellectuals want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This gripping new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
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