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 is a
book
that
considers
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
improvements in
distance learning technology enable
learners
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
commonly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
today because online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Israel to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Teachers want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This gripping new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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