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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
gains in
elearning technology make it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take online classes.
These massive open courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
assure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
compelling new open education
undertakings.
Teachers want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
demand for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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