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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
e-learning institutions
are dealing with
now that online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Norway to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
want
to better perceive
these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Trainers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
growing
need for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This interesting new book
also examines the
major 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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