MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
online education are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massively open online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Isle of Man to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
available there is a
growing
necessity
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
demand for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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