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 this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
explores
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to take courses online.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
MOOCs are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Zambia to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
intriguing new open education
endeavours.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
demand for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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