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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
analyzes
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
distance learning technology are enabling
students
all over the world
to take online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive online courses are
usually free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
now that online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can students
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Australia to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Everyone wants
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
increasing
desire for
knowledge
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This intriguing new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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