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 the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
learning technology are enabling
people
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are many
topics that
online learning organizations
are having to deal with
now that online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Tunisia to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
desideratum for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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