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 the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
researches
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
electronic education technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
These MOOCs are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
are struggling with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This authoritative new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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