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 the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advancements in
online education technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
MOOCs are
usually 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
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are having to consider
today because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Moldova to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
necessity
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
desire for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This thrilling new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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