MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
improvements in
online learning technology are making it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
MOOCs are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online education organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Vanderbilt University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
ventures.
Lecturers want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
desire for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This amazing new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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