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.
Learn more about this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
gains in
distance learning technology make it possible for
people
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
elearning organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can participants
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Great Basin College to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
need for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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