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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
describes
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
gains in
online education technology have empowered
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can participants
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Cyprus to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
these
compelling new open education
undertakings.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education issues.
This dramatic new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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