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 the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
e-learning have enabled
students
all around the world
to participate in classes online.
These MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
learning technology institutions
are considering
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desire
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
open education
experiments.
Trainers want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This interesting new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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