MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take online courses.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
e-learning organizations
are dealing with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can learners
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
California Institute of the Arts to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Corporations want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This dramatic new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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