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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
studies
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
distance learning technology have enabled
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
These massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
distance learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can participants
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
necessity
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
would like
to understand
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
need for
facts
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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