MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
topics
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
e-learning technology have enabled
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are dealing with
now that elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
ensure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Tonga to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open education
undertakings.
Educators want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
need for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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