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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Modern
gains in
online learning technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
usually free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
necessity
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Professors want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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