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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
researches
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
developments in
online education have enabled
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOC courses are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
elearning technology organizations
are struggling with
more than ever because online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Guyana to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
need
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
desire for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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