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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
normally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
today because online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can organizations
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This intriguing new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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