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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
analyzes
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
developments in
e-learning have provided the means for
students
all over the world
to take online courses.
MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning institutions
are dealing with
more than ever because distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
need
to comprehend how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
want
to better comprehend
these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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