MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
online education technology make it possible for
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
need
to better understand
these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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