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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
topics
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
changes in
online education technology have provided the means for
learners
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning institutions
are dealing with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
need for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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