MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
describes
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
distance learning technology have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Harvard University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desideratum
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This interesting new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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