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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
studies
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
distance learning technology have enabled
people
in nations all aver the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
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.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
these
compelling new open educational
endeavours.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
facts
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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