MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
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 Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
online education technology have enabled
people
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
distance learning institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Excelsior College to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
desire for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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