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 the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
elearning are providing the means for
humans
all over the world
to participate in classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
are struggling with
now that distance learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Seattle Central Community College to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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