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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
subjects
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
online learning are making it possible for
learners
all over the world
to take part in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
distance learning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
necessity
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open education
endeavours.
Professors want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
desideratum for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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