MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
studies
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
improvements in
learning technology make it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Turkey to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
important new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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