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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
elearning have provided the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
commonly free
for learners 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 several
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can students
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Ukraine to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
open educational
initiatives.
Everyone wants
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
demand for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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