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
discusses
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
online learning technology have made it possible for
humans
all over the world
to participate in classes online.
These massive open courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
People want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
demand for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This exciting new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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