MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
online education technology enable
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
ventures.
Educators want
to perceive how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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