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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
analyzes
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
changes in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massive open courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Guadeloupe to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This gripping new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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