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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
e-learning technology make it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online education institutions
are considering
today because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
American College of Education to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
get a handle on
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
want
to better perceive
these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
need for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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