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 the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes online.
These MOOC classes are
typically free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can institutions
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
necessity
to comprehend how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
these
new open education
initiatives.
Teachers want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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