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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Modern
advances in
elearning technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
These MOOC courses are
free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are many
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to consider
more than ever because online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Kirkwood Community College to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
exciting new open educational
undertakings.
Students want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This inspiring new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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