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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
gains in
learning technology make it possible for
students
all over the world
to take online courses.
MOOC classes are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because distance learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Cornell University to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
necessity
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Everyone wants
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
need for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This thrilling new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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