MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
analyzes
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
gains in
online education are providing the means for
students
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
These MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are several
topics that
online education organizations
must deal with
now that online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can institutions
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
McHenry County College to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
get a handle on
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to be aware of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open educational
endeavours.
Educators want
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
growing
demand for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education issues.
This new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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