MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
talks about
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
evolvements in
online learning technology have made it possible for
learners
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive online courses are
generally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
blended learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can participants
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Luxembourg to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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