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 this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
changes in
online education have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can institutions
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Gambia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to perceive how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
desideratum for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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