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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
changes in
online learning enable
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can learners
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Google+ to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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