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.
Find out more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
electronic educational technology have empowered
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massive open courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
today because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Scholars want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
need for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This dramatic new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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