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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
online education technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Malta to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
abundant there is a
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
would like
to better perceive
these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Scientists want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
growing
desire for
details
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This exciting new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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