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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
elearning technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
MOOCs are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online education organizations
have to deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
demand
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
these
compelling new open educational
undertakings.
Everyone wants
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This interesting new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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