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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
evolvements in
electronic education technology have enabled
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These online MOOCs are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
learning technology organizations
must deal with
more than ever because distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desideratum
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This definitive new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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