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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advancements in
online education have made it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses online.
These MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
distance learning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
People want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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