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 this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
online education technology have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are many
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can participants
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Burundi to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desire
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
important new open education
endeavours.
Intellectuals want
to know how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
information
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education subjects.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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