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.
Learn more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
digital education technology are making it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
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 MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
learning technology organizations
have to consider
now that online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
new open educational
endeavours.
Trainers want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
desire for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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