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
edited collection
which
investigates
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
e-learning technology have enabled
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in classes 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 massive open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to consider
today because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience.
How can we
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Bermuda to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
want
to understand
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Everyone wants
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
need for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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