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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
studies
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
distance learning enable
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning institutions
must deal with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
desideratum for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This amazing new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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