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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
researches
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
learning technology are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
elearning organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
certify that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Venezuela to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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