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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
electronic educational technology make it possible for
learners
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
normally free
for learners 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 a lot of
subjects that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can learners
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
France to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Students
and numerous other
participants
need
to better understand
these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Students want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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