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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
electronic educational technology make it possible for
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are struggling with
now that online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
available there is a
growing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
intriguing new open education
ventures.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
increasing
demand for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This definitive new book
also articulates 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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