MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
gains in
electronic education technology have made it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take courses online.
These online MOOCs are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can learners
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Teachers want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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