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 the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
talks about
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
Massively open online courses are
customarily 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 lot of
topics that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because online education technology is
developing so quickly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can learners
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Palmyra Atoll to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Academics want
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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