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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
developments in
digital education technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take classes online.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massive open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
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
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
United States to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
endeavours.
Teachers want
to perceive how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
demand for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This amazing new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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