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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
changes in
online learning are providing the means for
humans
all over the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education institutions
have to deal with
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can students
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
endeavours.
Public servants want
to perceive how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
need for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This sensational new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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