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 the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
online learning technology are making it possible for
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning institutions
have to deal with
more than ever because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
certify that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
United States to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
get a handle on
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Professors want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource issues.
This book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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