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.
Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
online learning technology have provided the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
MOOC courses are
free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can participants
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Kyrgyzstan to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
open education
ventures.
Trainers want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum 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 subjects.
This stimulating new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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