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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
distance learning have enabled
people
all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
These massive online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
today because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can institutions
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Students want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
need for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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