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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
electronic educational technology have empowered
people
all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because distance learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
desideratum for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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