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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
digital education technology are making it possible for
humans
all around the world
to participate in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These MOOC classes are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
elearning organizations
have to consider
more than ever because distance learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
need for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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