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.
Learn more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
describes
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
gains in
online education technology have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can learners
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Howland Island to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
need
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
these
new open educational
undertakings.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
need for
details
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This interesting new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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