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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
explores
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advancements in
online education technology have made it possible for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are considering
today because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can learners
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
OpenupEd to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
necessity
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
open education
ventures.
Educators want
to comprehend how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This amazing new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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