MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
reviews
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
advances in
digital education technology enable
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online education organizations
are dealing with
today because distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can we
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to comprehend how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
need for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education subjects.
This intriguing new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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