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 Around the World is a
book
which
considers
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
online education have made it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
are dealing with
now that online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can we
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
demand
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
need
to better comprehend
these
important new open educational
ventures.
Trainers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
desideratum for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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