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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
elearning technology are providing the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are numerous
topics that
distance learning organizations
are considering
more than ever because online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can learners
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
United States to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
desire for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This sensational new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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