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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
electronic education technology have enabled
people
all over the world
to take online classes.
These massive online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning institutions
are dealing with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so fast.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
necessity
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
need
to understand
these
open educational
initiatives.
Universities want
to comprehend how
MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
desire for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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