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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
topics
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
digital education technology are enabling
people
all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
these
fascinating new open educational
undertakings.
Scholars want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This inspiring new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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