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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
investigates
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
e-learning technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take online classes.
These MOOC classes are
free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Rochester to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
necessity
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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