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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
learning technology are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
These MOOC courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online learning organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can we
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Cook Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desire
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to perceive how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
desire for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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