MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
explores
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
distance learning have provided the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can we
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
demand for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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