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 the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
researches
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
developments in
learning technology are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online education organizations
are having to deal with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can participants
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
need for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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