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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
reviews
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
distance learning are making it possible for
students
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education organizations
are dealing with
now that elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Emory University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
ventures.
Instructors want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This new book
also examines 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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