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 this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
elearning are enabling
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massive open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better perceive
these
exciting new open education
initiatives.
Researchers want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
details
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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