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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
digital education technology make it possible for
humans
all over the world
to participate in classes online.
These massive open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
today because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
ensure that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can students
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
available there is a
developing
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
need
to better grasp
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to perceive how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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