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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
developments in
e-learning technology are enabling
people
all around the world
to take part in classes online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can institutions
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
necessity
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
want
to understand
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to perceive how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This inspiring new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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