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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
describes
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
gains in
online learning technology have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
MOOCs are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are considering
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to perceive how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
expanding
need for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This amazing new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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