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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
evolvements in
learning technology make it possible for
students
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOC classes are
commonly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can institutions
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
available there is a
demand
to comprehend how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
People want
to perceive how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
desire for
information
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This amazing new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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