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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
evolvements in
online education technology have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to take classes online.
These MOOC classes are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so quickly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This sensational new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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