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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
developments in
learning technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
These massively open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
today because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can teachers
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can we
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
widespread there is a
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
want
to better grasp
these
open educational
undertakings.
Professors want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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