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 this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
online learning enable
learners
all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education organizations
must deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can participants
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
want
to understand
these
intriguing new open educational
initiatives.
Instructors want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
need for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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