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.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
explores
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
desire for
information
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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