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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
describes
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Modern
gains in
digital education technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to perceive how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
undertakings.
Students want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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