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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
researches
subjects
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
elearning are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can participants
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
McHenry County College to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desire
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Scientists want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
desire for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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