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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
describes
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
changes in
digital education technology enable
students
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can participants
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
necessity
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open educational
undertakings.
Researchers want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This gripping new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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