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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
distance learning technology enable
learners
all around the world
to participate in classes online.
These massively open online courses are
typically free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
learning technology institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can we
certify that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can students
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Northwestern University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
get a handle on
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
open education
endeavours.
Professors want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
need for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education subjects.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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