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
examines
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advancements in
online learning have enabled
students
all around the world
to participate in classes online.
MOOCs are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online learning technology organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can students
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Sao Tome and Principe to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
need
to understand
these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This gripping new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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