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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
evolvements in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Rice University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
desire
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This gripping new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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