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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
researches
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advances in
online education have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
MOOC courses are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning institutions
are struggling with
now that learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Clipperton Island to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As digital elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
these
interesting new open education
initiatives.
Scientists want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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