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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
online education are empowering
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
commonly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are many
subjects that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can we
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Jamaica to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This definitive new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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