MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
e-learning technology are enabling
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
e-learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
certify that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can students
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Svalbard to conduct these MOOCs?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Researchers want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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