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 this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
distance learning technology have empowered
people
in nations all aver the world
to take online courses.
These massive open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
want
to understand
these
compelling new open educational
initiatives.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This intriguing new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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