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 the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
distance learning have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses online.
These massively open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can participants
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desideratum
to comprehend how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Students want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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