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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
developments in
online education are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
assure that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Hungary to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
need
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
initiatives.
Academics want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This authoritative new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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