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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
gains in
distance learning technology have empowered
learners
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
learning technology institutions
are dealing with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can participants
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
desideratum for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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