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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
online education are providing the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
These MOOC classes are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can institutions
handle
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
need
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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