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 this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
online learning make it possible for
learners
all over the world
to take classes online.
MOOC courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of South Florida to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This exciting new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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