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 this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
explores
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
online education technology have enabled
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can participants
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This interesting new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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