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
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
blended learning technology have enabled
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses online.
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.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to struggle with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can we
be assured that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
endeavours.
Universities want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This exciting new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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