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 this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can participants
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
need
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
need
to better perceive
these
compelling new open education
undertakings.
Intellectuals want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This inspiring new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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