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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
These MOOC classes are
free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
more than ever because distance learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can learners
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Cornell University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
desire for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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