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 this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
researches
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
digital education technology have empowered
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes online.
MOOC classes are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Duke University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Teachers want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
need for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This stimulating new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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