MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
distance learning have provided the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes online.
These MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can we
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Seattle Central Community College to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desire
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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