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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
e-learning are empowering
students
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massive open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Utah State University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
undertakings.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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