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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
describes
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
MOOC classes are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Pittsburgh to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
need
to perceive how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
these
compelling new open education
endeavours.
Academics want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
desire for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
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