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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
evolvements in
e-learning have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
These MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a lot of
topics that
e-learning organizations
have to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
these
compelling new open education
endeavours.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
desire for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This dramatic new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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