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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
gains in
online learning technology are making it possible for
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
learning technology institutions
are having to consider
now that online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
initiatives.
Professors want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational issues.
This gripping new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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