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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
distance learning make it possible for
people
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
These MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
today because distance learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
ensure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Academics want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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