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
that
discusses
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
learning technology have empowered
humans
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
MOOC courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are several
subjects that
e-learning institutions
are having to deal with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Israel to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
these
new open education
experiments.
People want
to comprehend how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
need for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education subjects.
This dramatic new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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