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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
articulates
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
elearning have made it possible for
humans
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Bellevue University to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
desire for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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