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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
explores
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
electronic education technology are empowering
learners
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
now that distance learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
open educational
endeavours.
People want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
demand for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational subjects.
This inspiring new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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