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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
digital education technology have provided the means for
students
all over the world
to take courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can students
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Brown University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
desire for
facts
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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