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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
explores
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
distance learning technology are enabling
learners
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning organizations
are struggling with
today because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can learners
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Finland to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
open education
initiatives.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
desire for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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