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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
addresses
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
elearning technology are enabling
humans
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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