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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
evolvements in
elearning technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
necessity
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This sensational new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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