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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
researches
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
elearning technology have enabled
people
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
Massive open online courses are
usually free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This gripping new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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