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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
topics
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
students
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
usually free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education organizations
are struggling with
more than ever because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Colorado System to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
desideratum
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
developing
desire for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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