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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
e-learning technology make it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
certify that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can participants
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
need
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
these
open education
endeavours.
Everyone wants
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
desire for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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