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.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
usually free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are considering
now that elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Barbados to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
demand
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
these
open education
ventures.
Trainers want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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