MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
studies
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advancements in
online education technology have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to take part in classes online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOC classes are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Equatorial Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
demand
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Scholars want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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