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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
advancements in
electronic education technology are enabling
students
all over the world
to take courses online.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
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 quite a few
subjects that
online learning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can learners
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Dominican Republic to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Professors
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This interesting new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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