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 the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
evolvements in
technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can participants
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
University of California, Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
want
to understand
these
new open educational
undertakings.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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