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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
e-learning technology enable
humans
all around the world
to participate in courses online.
MOOC courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
need
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Scientists want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
desideratum for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also describes the
major 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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