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 this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
investigates
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
elearning technology are empowering
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
elearning technology institutions
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
good?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can we
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
UWashingtonX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Teachers want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
need for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This book
also studies the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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