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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
talks about
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advancements in
electronic education technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
important new open education
endeavours.
Academics want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
need for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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