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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
e-learning have enabled
learners
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are quite a few
topics that
distance learning organizations
are dealing with
today because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can organizations
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Norway to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
get a handle on
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Scientists want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This scholarly new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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