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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
e-learning technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
elearning institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Students want
to perceive how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
desideratum for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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