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 the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
studies
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
changes in
online education technology have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
typically free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so fast.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As online learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
ventures.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
desire for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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