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 the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
talks about
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
gains in
distance learning technology are empowering
humans
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
MOOC courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This sensational new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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