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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advances in
technology-enhanced learning have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes online.
Massive open online courses are
free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
certify that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
growing
need for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This exciting new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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