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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
online education have provided the means for
students
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning organizations
are struggling with
more than ever because distance learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Panama to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
desire
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
want
to better grasp
these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational topics.
This stimulating new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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