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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
elearning enable
learners
all over the world
to take part in classes online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOCs are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
distance learning institutions
must deal with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can learners
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desire
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
ventures.
Academics want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
need for
details
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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