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
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
changes in
online education technology are empowering
people
all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
open education
initiatives.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This sensational new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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