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 this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
distance learning technology have enabled
people
in nations all aver the world
to take online courses.
These online MOOCs are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Rice University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
need for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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