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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
reviews
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
learning technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
These massive open courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online education organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can organizations
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Nigeria to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
necessity
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This thrilling new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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