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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
elearning technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
elearning technology organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Abkhazia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
undertakings.
Universities want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
need for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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