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 the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
investigates
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
distance learning are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
These massive online courses are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
learning technology institutions
must deal with
today because learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can participants
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
need
to understand
these
important new open educational
ventures.
Everybody wants
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
demand for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
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