MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
digital education technology make it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in online classes.
Massive open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are numerous
issues that
blended learning institutions
have to consider
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Senegal to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Everyone wants
to perceive how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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