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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
investigates
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
online learning technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
undertakings.
Trainers want
to know how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This definitive new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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