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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
reviews
subjects
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
learners
all around the world
to take courses online.
These massive online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are several
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Romania to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
facts
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education issues.
This new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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