MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
explores
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
evolvements in
elearning are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for students 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
certify that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can participants
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desire
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
want
to better perceive
these
important new open educational
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
demand for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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