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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
evolvements in
distance learning technology are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
e-learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
want
to better perceive
these
intriguing new open education
initiatives.
People want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
demand for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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