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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
digital education technology are enabling
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can participants
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes?
How can we
get a handle on
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
demand
to perceive how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
need
to better grasp
these
exciting new open education
undertakings.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
desire for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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