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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
describes
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advances in
elearning technology enable
humans
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Saint Kitts and Nevis to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
want
to understand
these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
need for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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