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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
MOOCs are
typically free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
prolific there is a
need
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This inspiring new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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