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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Modern
developments in
online education technology are enabling
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
learning technology institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Trainers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
demand for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This sensational new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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