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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
distance learning have enabled
people
all over the world
to take part in online classes.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to consider
now that online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
certify that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
exciting new open education
initiatives.
Teachers want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
need for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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