MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
online learning technology make it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
blended learning institutions
have to consider
now that distance learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
be assured that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
desire
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open educational
initiatives.
Academics want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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