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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
explores
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
blended learning technology are enabling
people
all over the world
to take part in online courses.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
MOOCs are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to attend to
now that e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can participants
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Israel to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to be aware of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
intriguing new open education
ventures.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This amazing new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources.
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