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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
addresses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
digital education technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can participants
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Instructors want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
need for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
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