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 is a
edited collection
which
investigates
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
online learning technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are struggling with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can we
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to understand
these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
need for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education issues.
This amazing new book
also examines the
key 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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