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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
talks about
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
advancements in
learning technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are considering
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Equatorial Guinea to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
these
open educational
experiments.
People want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This definitive new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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