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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
evolvements in
online learning technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online learning institutions
are struggling with
more than ever because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
manage
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
desire for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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