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
book
which
discusses
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
online education technology have empowered
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are struggling with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
San Marino to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desire
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
need
to better grasp
these
new open education
initiatives.
Teachers want
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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