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.
Find out more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
online learning technology have enabled
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
MOOCs are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
are struggling with
more than ever because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Jarvis Island to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
available there is a
growing
need
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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