MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
electronic education technology are empowering
learners
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning institutions
are dealing with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desideratum
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open education
endeavours.
Researchers want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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