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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Modern
advances in
online education technology are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
MOOCs are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning institutions
are dealing with
now that online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
ensure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can learners
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
these
intriguing new open education
undertakings.
Educators want
to know how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
need for
information
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education topics.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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