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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
e-learning enable
learners
all over the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online learning organizations
have to deal with
more than ever because distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to comprehend how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
need for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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