MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
online education technology have made it possible for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can participants
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
necessity
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education topics.
This definitive new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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