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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
developments in
distance learning have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
These MOOCs are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online education organizations
are considering
today because learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
certify that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can learners
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
ventures.
Everybody wants
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This thrilling new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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