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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
gains in
elearning have provided the means for
students
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
are considering
today because learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
desideratum for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education topics.
This intriguing new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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