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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
distance learning are empowering
people
all around the world
to take courses online.
MOOCs are
free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
need
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open educational
endeavours.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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