MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
electronic educational technology have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
These massive open courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
learning technology institutions
are dealing with
today because online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Sierra Leone to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
these
important new open education
initiatives.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also discusses the
most important 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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