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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
online education technology are empowering
people
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
usually free
for students but do not
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 variety of
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can learners
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Spain to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
demand
to grasp how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
these
exciting new open education
undertakings.
Teachers want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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