MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
explores
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
e-learning technology are enabling
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to deal with
today because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can students
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desideratum
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
new open educational
endeavours.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
details
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This inspiring new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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