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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for
students
all over the world
to take part in online courses.
MOOCs are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
today because online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
growing
desire for
information
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This gripping new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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