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.
Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
distance learning technology are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in online classes.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can we
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Nepal to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
undertakings.
Educators want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
growing
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education topics.
This exciting new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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