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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
online education are empowering
people
in nations all aver the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
today because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
ensure that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
UWashingtonX to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
demand
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
undertakings.
Educators want
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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