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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
developments in
distance learning enable
students
all over the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
exciting new open educational
undertakings.
Teachers want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
desideratum for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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