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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
distance learning make it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
generally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
distance learning organizations
must deal with
more than ever because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can organizations
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
undertakings.
Trainers want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
demand for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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