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 the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
developments in
online education are enabling
students
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
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
normally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
must deal with
today because blended learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can students
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
desire
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
information
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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