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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
online learning technology are making it possible for
people
all over the world
to participate in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning organizations
are struggling with
more than ever because online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
certify that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Google+ to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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