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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
online education are empowering
humans
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
These MOOC courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning technology institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can stakeholders
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
initiatives.
Teachers want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational topics.
This intriguing new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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