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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
advancements in
e-learning have empowered
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are numerous
topics that
elearning technology organizations
have to consider
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
need
to better comprehend
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
need for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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