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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
describes
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
online education technology are empowering
students
in nations all aver the world
to take classes online.
These massively open online courses are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can learners
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
United States to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
necessity
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
growing
need for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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