MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
describes
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in online classes.
These MOOC classes are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online education institutions
are dealing with
today because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can we
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Nicaragua to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Students
and many other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This sensational new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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