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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
investigates
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
evolvements in
learning technology have provided the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massive online courses are
typically free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desire
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Corporations want
to comprehend how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
desire for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This amazing new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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