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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
issues
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
distance learning have provided the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
These massive open courses are
normally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to consider
more than ever because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can institutions
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
available there is a
necessity
to be aware of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Everybody wants
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This gripping new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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