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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
distance learning technology enable
people
in nations all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can participants
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Teachers want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This exciting new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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