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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
gains in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
MOOCs are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to struggle with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Greenland to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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