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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to consider
now that e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
these
exciting new open educational
undertakings.
Public servants want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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