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 this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
evolvements in
elearning are making it possible for
learners
all over the world
to take classes online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive open courses are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
learning technology institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better perceive
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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