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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
investigates
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
online learning technology are making it possible for
students
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online learning institutions
have to consider
now that learning technology is
improving so quickly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
need
to better comprehend
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
People want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
facts
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This sensational new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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