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.
Learn more about this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
describes
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
digital education technology are providing the means for
students
all around the world
to take classes online.
MOOC classes are
normally free
for students 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 lot of
subjects that
online learning institutions
must deal with
today because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Paraguay to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to be aware of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Teachers want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
demand for
data
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This exciting new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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