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 the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
explores
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
e-learning are making it possible for
humans
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOC courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning organizations
are dealing with
more than ever because learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can participants
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desideratum
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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