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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
describes
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
digital education technology make it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
These online MOOCs are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
distance learning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Washington to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
need for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This amazing new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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