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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
describes
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
e-learning have provided the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
These massively open online courses are
typically free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
are having to deal with
now that learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can participants
manage
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
demand
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to know how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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