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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
e-learning technology enable
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
These MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can participants
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Wesleyan University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
demand
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
want
to better grasp
these
intriguing new open educational
undertakings.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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