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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Modern
gains in
distance learning have provided the means for
humans
all around the world
to take part in classes online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massively open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
elearning technology institutions
have to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
necessity
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open education
ventures.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
desire for
details
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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