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 the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
subjects
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
These massive open courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can we
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
need
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
details
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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