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 this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
online learning technology make it possible for
people
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a variety of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can participants
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
desideratum
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
endeavours.
Trainers want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|