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 this definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
studies
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
online learning technology enable
humans
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
elearning institutions
are having to consider
now that online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
necessity
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open education
initiatives.
Educators want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
need for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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