MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
talks about
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
learning technology have made it possible for
humans
in nations all aver the world
to take courses online.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
UWashingtonX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This intriguing new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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