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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
electronic education technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
These massively open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are several
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can learners
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
need
to be aware of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better perceive
these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
need for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This sensational new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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