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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
subjects
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
advances in
electronic education technology have enabled
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are quite a few
topics that
distance learning institutions
are having to consider
today because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
ensure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can institutions
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Slovakia to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to perceive how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
these
new open education
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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