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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
distance learning have provided the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
for students 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 variety of
topics that
elearning technology organizations
are having to attend to
today because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
increasing
need for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This dramatic new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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