MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
investigates
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
digital education technology make it possible for
people
all around the world
to take classes online.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
subjects that
e-learning technology institutions
are struggling with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
certify that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
One Month to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
demand
to be aware of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
People want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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