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 this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
e-learning make it possible for
students
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massively open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
need
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Students want
to perceive how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
desire for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This intriguing new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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