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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
changes in
learning technology have empowered
students
all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
learning technology institutions
are dealing with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
certify that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can we
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desideratum
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
desire for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education topics.
This book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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