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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
subjects
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
e-learning make it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
now that learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desideratum
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This sensational new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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