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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
analyzes
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
evolvements in
elearning have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to take online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
are considering
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Northern Cyprus to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
People want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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