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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
elearning technology have provided the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOCs are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning institutions
are dealing with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Micronesia to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
abundant there is a
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
details
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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