MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
online learning technology are making it possible for
students
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
These online MOOCs are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Harvard University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
initiatives.
Teachers want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This scholarly new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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