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.
Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
studies
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
today because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
details
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational topics.
This dramatic new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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