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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
distance learning have empowered
people
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online education institutions
are struggling with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
assure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can students
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Utah Valley University to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massive 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 gain more knowledge about
these
new open educational
undertakings.
Everyone wants
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
demand for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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