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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
electronic education technology have made it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
These online MOOCs are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning technology organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Columbia University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Academics want
to perceive how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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