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.
Find out more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
electronic educational technology have empowered
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
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.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a variety of
subjects that
e-learning technology institutions
are struggling with
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can students
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Netherlands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desire
to be aware of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
undertakings.
Researchers want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This thrilling new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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