MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
articulates
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
blended learning technology are enabling
learners
all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
elearning organizations
are having to attend to
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can learners
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Tanzania to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Trainers want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
need for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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