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 the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
digital education technology have enabled
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to consider
now that e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can participants
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
manage
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Trainers want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
desire for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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