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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
explores
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
electronic educational technology are making it possible for
humans
in nations all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
today because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can organizations
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Instructors want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This amazing new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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