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 the fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
elearning have enabled
humans
all over the world
to take classes online.
Massive open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Professors want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This gripping new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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