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 this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
learning technology have empowered
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
These massive open courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online education organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desire
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
need for
facts
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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